Hospital paying for school...who has done it?

[marilynmom, LPN, NP]

I just received a letter stating that my financial aid will run out after 24 more credit hours (I was majoring in Biology and then switched to Nursing).

So has anyone signed a contract with a local hospital to pay for your tuition, books, etc in return for working for them for X amount of years? How does this work? If I did this will I have *any* say in what department I would prefer to work in (I guess that is my main worry)? What has your experience been? Any thoughts or experiences would be appreciated!

Thanks!

Marilyn

[chachh, BSN, RN]

I signed a two year contract with my hospital. I was already a long time employee, I got to choose what department I work in. They say they can sue you for back tuition if you quit, but no one I know that has left has ever been sued. But now there is a waiting list at our hospital to get into the nursing program, we call it paradigm. It was totally worth it.

[VonnieNICU-RN]

The hospital I work for paied for me to go from LPN-RN, now they are paying for me to go RN-BSN. Hopefully after I finish my BSN I will not b e too tired to get my PNP. They have paid for all of it. I owe them one year from graduation. Pretty good deal. Check with your HR dept. and they can let you read the contract.

Vonnie

[BadBird, BSN, RN]

I am going for my BSN now and my employer is paying for it. After graduation I owe them 3 years but I don't plan on going anywhere so I agreed to the contract.